I bought this multi planted Christmas cactus, now I'll see if I can keep it alive :-)
Haha
Since I went back to temporary work, my days have been busy. I have to plan when I do things, like wash the sheets (used to do on Monday's), cook chicken for the doggos (Romeo is afraid of the instant pot), etc. I have been thinking I retired 3 years ago, but actually it's been 2 1/2.
This year I decided to do the copycat honey baked ham again. And I did, but I was in such a hurry I didn't apply everything at the proper time. It really didn't make much difference, but was only the beginning of the screw-ups I made that day. Once of the sides was to be a really delicious baked beans recipe, and only toward the end of it did I realize that it needed 2 hours to bake, and by this time it was 3pm. So, we ended up eating something else ~ and ate our Christmas dinner the day after. Those beans were worth it though. Dang. The ham was good too, but I thought it was dry. Maybe I cooked it too long in the slow cooker.
The saving grace here was that we weren't expecting anyone over, so it didn't really matter.
Last night I decided to make a quiche, and also started too late to have it for dinner. I walked into the living room and, through my laughter, explained I had done it again, and let's have taquito's for dinner and the quiche for breakfast. It took me awhile to get it out, because I was laughing so hard. I surely hope this isn't going to be a trend 😎
Update on my trip to Greece. Since Romeo has no interest in traveling ~ especially a 9 hour plane ride, I am going by myself. *There is a woman friend at church that I was going to travel with, but then after becoming more familiar with her personality (don't get me wrong, she is a friend and a thoughtful, caring person) ~ I saw first hand how she handles stressful situations and thought to my self "oh, hell no". I quit talking about it and so did she, so maybe she felt the same about me, haha. Not surprising. Just ask Romeo, lol.
Anyway, I am going with a tour group for people that don't want to travel alone. There was a great deal on cyber Monday with an offer of $500 off the tour. Which I ended up not getting, because there wasn't a single room (I didn't want to share with a stranger) available with the hotel. Hmmmmm. I think this is how they manage to cheat you out of that $500 off deal. I made a big stink out of it. Thought about looking for something else, but did manage to re-book and get $150 off. I probably should have looked at other tour companies, but I would also lose some of my down payment. I feel like I opened the door for them to kind of screw me over, but I still intend to go.
Romeo bought me a carry on bag to take on my trip, as I was reading all the stuff on the companies app, letting us know that there won't be anyone lugging your bags around except you. So, after a lot of deliberation, I decided to take a carry on. Once that sucker gets here, I'm going to be practicing packing. The tour will last 14 days (which includes travel on the first day and the last) so I will need to be smart about what to take. I've looked at a few web sites with suggestions on what to take on a two week trip......then had to amend that to what I can take on a carry on. The first list assumed a checked bag, and it didn't take long to figure that out, haha. One of the more interesting things they said was to wear your jacket, and tie it around your waist if you don't need it. I need some more practical tips like that! I'm only taking sneaker and one pair of sandals (that will have to go with everything). I have 4 (or maybe 5) skirts that are really light weight and don't wrinkle. I have a pair of light weight pants and a pair of capri's.
One tip I got from a patient at the office was to take enough underwear for the length of the trip and throw them away as you use them. Now, really, do underwear really take up that much space? And: do I want to take my rattiest underwear so I can throw them out? I don't think so.
Peg, you probably have had lots of experience in packing light ~ so share! I want your secrets....
Love, 365
